Connecting means for bale-bands



E. V. BENJAMIN. CONNECTING MEANS FOR BALE BANDS. APPLICATION FILED AUG.l5,1916.

1,351,991. 1 PatentedSept. 7,1920.

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EMANUEL v, BENJAMIN, on NEW GRLEANS, LOUISIANA.

CONNECTIITG- MEANS FOR BALE-BANDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 7, 1920.

Applicatiomfiled August 15, 1916. Serial No. 115,081.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I EMANUEL Vio'ron o 7 BENJADHN, residing at New v()rleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Connecting Means for Bale- Bands, of which the following is a specificatlOIl.

This invention relates to improvements in connecting means for bale bands. The object thereof is to provide a simple, durable, strong and highly eflicient means for con nee-ting the ends of bale bands. In applying the bands about bales of cotton and the like, it is the practice to first adjust the bands about the balewith such a degree of tightness only as is required to maintain the integrity of the, bale temporarily, that is before the bale is pressed. ll hen the bale is pressed, it becomes necessary to take up the slack in the hands. This has been accomplished by simply slicing out a portion of the length of the band, bringing the ends together and connecting them by arivet. The portion cut out is usually the portion which was previously the joint between the two ends.

in making the cut, the end of the band has been left with sharp corners, or spiders. @nly a single rivet has been employed, and this has been positioned in a careless sort of way, irrespective its precise distance from the ends. The result has been that the end portions of the band beyond the rivet had a tendency to turn upwardly, and to present their sharp corners in such a way as to constitute decided menace to the persons handling the bale. The sharp corners also frequently become engaged in the material of adjacent bales and produce considerable damage.

It is an ect, therefore, of this invention to overcome these objections, and to provide for such a connection between the ends of the bale bands as will produce no sharp corners, or spiders, and which will lie flat and unobtrusive against the side of the bale V at all times.

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less specific than those referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed'out in the course of the following description of the elements, combinations, arran ements of parts and applications of principles, constituting the invention; and

the scope'of protection contemplated will be indicated in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which are to be taken as a part of this specification, and in which I have shown merely a preferred form of embodiment of the invention:

Figure l is a side elevation view of a bale, the bale being shown in condition as before entering the press.

2 is a similar view of the bale after having been pressed and the bands tightened. V

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view illustrating the manner of connecting the bands together; and

i is an shown in Fig.

fieferring to the drawings for a detailed description. of the structure illustrated therein, the reference character L indicates the bale, and the reference character G indicates the bands. There may be any number of b nds employed, and they each comprise a strip of metal or the like arranged to en circle the bale. The adjacent ends are joined together as at l by means of a rivet. in some cases, the band; may be made of several pie *es of metal or the like, joined together by other rivets, as indicated at 2 in Fig. 1.

ter the bale has been thus bound, it ed to the press. In the pressing ope edge view of the structure loose.

' .1 shall be employed for g semi cular contour, es ind 25; so as" to bet t i edge of the cut, as indicated at 3 in l and i -The angle of bil e ends brought togethe the bevel will constitute an inclined suriiace which merges more or less gradually from the surface of one end portion to the surface of the oth r end portion, as clearly indicated in Fig and l This will effectually dispose of any sharp corners which might otherwise occur.

The two enos are preferably connected by center of the curve defined by said'end edge. This is clearly illustrated in Fig. 3, in which the line A intersects the center of the curve invention to the precise details and propor- 13, while line C intersects the center of the rivet 5. 7

The intention of this arrangement is that in case the portion of the end of the band B beyond the rivet 4t should in any manner become bent outwardly, its line of bend, which could not be farther back than the line C, would intersect the curved end edge of the band points where said edge hasbegun to curve inwardly as at the points D. Any

outward bending of the portion of the band I beyond the rivet therefore will present only a gradually rounding smooth surface.

' Therefore, there is no possibility of a rough edge, or a spider, appearing at any point. The presence of two rivets spaced apart, substantially, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 41-, also more effectually retains the portions of the band against such bending as might produce spiders. I I It will, of course, be understood that wherever desired the connections made between the ends of bands before the portions are pressed may also be of the same nature the square cut ends shown at H in Fig. 1.

In some cases the square cut ends and old style connections may be used upon the same 3 portion and at the same time as the improved connection shown at 2 in Fig. 1.

It is, of course, not intended to limit this tions illustrated,beyond the scope of the fol- 4 lowing claims. All matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention what 4 I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: r

A bale-band having curved or arcuate overlapping end portions and connected to- .gether'by rivets at said portions, said arcu- 5 

